Removing hood outer fabric
- Make
- Fiat
- Model
- Punto (176) Factory Service Manual
- Year
- 1993–1999
- Section
- Hood (Cabrio) › Removing hood outer fabric
70 BodyworkRemoving hood outer fabric · page 1 of 3
REMOVING HOOD OUTER FABRIC
Preliminary operations
- Remove the wing inner lining, following the instructions given on page 1 onwards, then mask the areas which could be damaged;
- place the hood in the halfway open position;
- release the rear cable and wrap tape around the end to prevent the paint from being damaged;
- undo the side nuts fixing the hood to the rear wing (see page 6).
Order of operations
- Remove the rear trim, undo the bolts underneath to remove the trim channel;
- unstick the hood from the frame, working as illustrated in the diagram;
- release the fabric tensioning cable (see inset);
- separate the velcro for the lining from the tensioning belt;
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